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Vehicles pass a sign Tuesday welcoming people to Paradise, Calif. The sign also displays the slogan, “Rebuilding The Ridge,” that has become the community’s rallying cry since a wildfire devastated the area a year earlier.

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Safety questions still swirl in Paradise year after wildfire

by Don Thompson Associated PressNovember 6, 2019

PARADISE, Calif. — There was “no way in hell” Victoria Sinclaire was rebuilding in Paradise.She’d thought she was going to die during the six hours it took her to escape the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. The town where…

SeQuette Clark, left, leaves the Calvary Christian Center after meeting with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Tuesday, in Sacramento, Calif.

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California won’t charge officers who killed Stephon Clark

by Don Thompson Associated PressMarch 5, 2019

In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Director Ken Pimlott works at his desk in his office in Sacramento, Calif. Pimlott told The Associated Press he prepares to retire on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, after a 30-year career. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

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Official: California must mull home ban in fire-prone areas

by Don Thompson Associated PressDecember 11, 2018

Kevin Tapia and his daughter Quinn, watch as authorities search in connection with the arrest of a man on suspicion of murder, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Citrus Heights, Calif. The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office plans to make a major announcement in the case of a serial killer they say committed at least 12 homicides, 45 rapes and dozens of burglaries across California in the 1970's and 1980s.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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DNA brings arrest of Golden State Killer of ’70s, ’80s

by Don Thompson Associated Press, and Brian Melley Associated PressApril 26, 2018

Law enforcement drawings of a suspected serial killer believed to have committed at least 12 murders across California in the 1970s and 1980s are displayed at a news conference about the investigation, in Sacramento, Calif. last year. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who was fired from the Auburn Police Department, has been identified as the Golden State Killer.

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Suspect arrested in Golden State Killer case

by Sophia Bollag Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressApril 26, 2018

Steven Ash holds drawing of police shooting victim Stephon Clark, as he waits to enter the Bayside of South Sacramento Church, known as BOSS Church, for Clark's,Thursday, March 29, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Clark, who was unarmed, was shot and killed by Sacramento Police officers, Sunday, March 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Autopsy disputes police account of Sacramento shooting

by Don Thompson Associated Press, and Sophia Bollag Associated PressMarch 30, 2018

California Gov. Jerry Brown is greeted by children as he walks through the Capitol with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, left, to hold a news conference in response to remarks made U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Sessions escalates Calif. immigration feud

by Don Thompson Associated Press, and Elliot Spagat Associated PressMarch 7, 2018

FILE - In this May 24, 2014 file photo, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown, right, walks past a board displaying photos of gunman Elliot Rodger and the weapons he used in a mass shooting in Isla Vista, Calif., after a news conference in Santa Barbara, Calif. A growing number of states have passed laws or are considering bills allowing courts to temporarily remove guns from individuals deemed a danger to themselves or others, an intervention that advocates say stops shootings and suicides by disturbed individuals. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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Few states let courts take guns from people deemed a threat

by Ryan J. Foley Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressFebruary 18, 2018

FILE - This undated file photo provided by MY Entertainment producer, Robin Keats shows Jason Freeman. Freeman is seeking control of Charles Manson's estate. Freeman's attorney, Dale Kiken provided The Associated Press with a copy of a 1986 Ohio court ruling saying Freeman is the son of Charles Manson Jr., and a 1993 Colorado death certificate showing Manson Jr. as the son of Charles Manson and his first wife, Rosalie Willis. A Los Angeles judge on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, will begin trying to sort out at least two conflicting wills and claims to his estate by a purported son, grandson and pen pal. (Richard Buckley/MY Entertainment via AP, File)

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Judge aims to referee fight over Manson’s remains

by Don Thompson Associated PressJanuary 7, 2018

File - In this March 24, 2008, file photo, McGregor Scott, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, gestures during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. The decision on whether to pursue criminal marijuana cases in states that have legalized pot will now rest with top federal prosecutors in those states, some of whom are deeply rooted in their communities and may be reluctant to crack down on cannabis businesses. Scott grew up in Humboldt County, deep in California's famed "Emerald Triangle" marijuana-growing regionScott's spokeswoman, Lauren Horwood, said he declined to comment on the most recent federal move. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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It’s up to fed prosecutors in legal pot states

by Kathleen Foody Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressJanuary 5, 2018